Author Jessica Knoll was gang-raped by three boys at a party when she was 15

The best-selling writer, whose sexual assault formed the basis of her debut novel Luckiest Girl Alive, publicly spoke about the attack last year, but has decided to talk about it again in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

In an essay for The Cut, Jessica wrote: “I went on a date with the guy who sexually assaulted me, two years after he sexually assaulted me.”

Jessica recalled the traumatic attacks, which happened after she drank alcohol and “became incapacitated”.

“I have intermittent memories of each individual attack — there were three — starting with coming to on the floor of a guest bedroom, a boy’s head between my knees,” she said.